Tabloid claims Angelina Jolie has ‘deadly disease’

Posted by Anna on April 30, 2007 | Categories: magazines, skinny, Angelina Jolie

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I have learned not to trust tabloids long ago, so when reading this story, think about Britney Spears‘ sarcastic statement from two weeks ago: “believe everything you read”.

So… National Enquirer’s latest issue has a story about how Angelina Jolie has a “deadly disease“. They claim that she is “losing her hair”, suffers “uncontrollable shaking” and is diseased by blinding headaches.

Angelina’s recent dramatic weight loss and her emaciated and exhausted appearance at a charity news conference (the launch of Global Action for Children) on April 26 sparked off reports that she is seriously ill, with a potentially fatal “serious health problem”.

The reports have become more reliable and believable after Angelina’s brother James Haven has publicly stated that he is concerned about her shocking weight loss since giving birth to baby Shiloh last May, and losing her mother to cancer January this year.

Have you guessed the “deadly disease” yet? Yes, it’s anorexia they’re hinting at! Here is the article:

Angelina Jolie is battling against a deadly disease, say medical experts, and Brad Pitt is desperately trying to save her, The Enquirer has learned.Angelina’s weight has plunged recently, and her appetitie is severely compromised, leaving her with a bony, sometimes skeletal appearance that has alarmed insiders.

She has suffered from shaking, headaches and hair loss, sources told The Enquirer. What’s more, doctors fear her life could be endangered if her weight continues to drop.

Angelina’s health crisis was set off by the death of her mother Marcheline Bertrand from ovarian cancer in January. The emotional toll of that even has caused the vulnerable actress to lose her appetite and she is said to be “forgetting” to eat.

This is even more ominous because Angelina has struggled with a deadly eating disorder in the past, and this recurrence has those close to her alarmed.

“I came very close to the end of my life a few times,” Angelina has admitted. “I think all the self-destruction comes from wanting to disappear.”

And here are the pictures to which they’re referring: